ne, whose little fleet was anchored in the small Bay of
Phalerum, his Hydriot recruits, under Major Gordon Urquhart, being
established on the adjoining shore. On the 18th he received a four
hours' visit on board the _Hellas_ from Karaiskakes, a tall, bony,
athletic man, small-featured, and swarthy, with flashing eyes, and a
lively tongue, about forty years of age. On the 19th he and General
Church went to inspect the camp of the famous Greek leader at Keratsina.
It gave but slight evidence of military organization, and both officers
and men appeared to Lord Cochrane more willing to talk than to fight.
His presence among them, however, stirred up a new and fitful
enthusiasm. On this occasion he brought with him a large blue and white
flag, with an owl, the national emblem of Greece, painted on the centre,
which had been conveyed from Marseilles. The flag was unfurled in the
presence of seven thousand Greek soldiers, within sight of the Turkish
camp. Through his interpreter, Lord Cochrane briefly addressed the
soldiers, urging them, for love of their country, and for their own
honour and welfare, to unite in a prompt and vigorous attack on the
enemy. Then, firmly planting the flag in the ground, he exclaimed,
"Soldiers, whoever of you will lodge this flag on the summit of the
Acropolis, shall receive from me, as a reward of his bravery, a thousand
dollars, and ten times that sum shall be my share of the recompense to
the force that accompanies him!" Great applause, of course, followed
that announcement, but not much more than applause.

Lord Cochrane's popularity with the troops and their leaders, for the
time at any rate, was unbounded. Karaiskakes, Niketas, Zavella, Notaras,
Makriyannes, Gennaios Kolokotrones, and all the other captains vied with
one another in offering fulsome adulation to him, and pledging
themselves to yield implicit obedience to his instructions. By word,
indeed, they were more submissive than he wished. He had to remind them
that he was admiral of the fleet, not generalissimo on land, and that
the latter office was held by Sir Richard Church. Unfortunately,
Karaiskakes and his followers were, from the first, jealous of General
Church; and General Church, accustomed only to the management of a small
disciplined band, was unequal to the troublesome duties appertaining to
him as controller of a heterogeneous crowd of irregular soldiers, most
of them trained as brigands, and accustomed to the half-lawle